إِليكَ فَقَلبي لا تقِرُّ بلابلُه

إِذا ما شدَت فوقَ الغُصون بلابلُه

To you my heart has no rest though nightingales warble

When they trill atop the boughs though nightingales warble

تَهيجُ له ذكرى حَبيبٍ مُفارِقٍ

زرودُ وحُزوى وَالعَقيقُ منازلُه

Your memory stirs a departed beloved

Whose abodes were Zarud and Huzwa and Aqeeq's hills

سقاهُنَّ صوبُ الدَمعِ منّي ووبلُه

منازلَ لا صوبُ الغمام ووابلُه

My tears have watered those abodes, and washed them

Not the clouds' downpour and showers have washed them

يحلُّ بها من لا أصرِّحُ باِسمِه

غَزالٌ على بُعد المزارِ أُغازِلُه

In them settles one whose name I never confess

A gazelle, though the sanctuary’s far, I flirt with him

تقسَّمه رقُّ الجَمال وَجزلُه

فرنَّ وشاحاهُ وصُمَّت خَلاخِلُه

His beauty being rare refined his composure

Brocade and his veil, his anklets fell silent

وَما أَنا بالناسي لَياليَ بالحِمى

تقضَّت ووردُ العَيش صفو مناهلُه

I, not forgetful, pass my nights at Al-Hima

Spent, and meadows’ bloom and life’s ease drained

لَيالي لا ظبيُ الصَريم مصارمٌ

ولا ضاقَ ذَرعاً بالصُدود مُواصلُه

Nights when the wolf of Sarim is not brandishing arms

Nor is the one I pine for hindered by aloofness

وَكَم عاذِلٍ قَلبي وقد لجَّ في الهَوى

وما عادِلٌ في شِرعة الحبِّ عاذلُه

How many blame my heart though it sank in passion

While the passion’s innocence and misdeeds are his

يَلومونَ جَهلاً في الغَرام وإنَّما

له وعليه بِرُّه وغوائلُه

For God's sake, a heart that wildly plunged in love

Caring not for blame, its passions ever smolder

فَلِلَّهِ قَلبٌ قد تَمادَى صَبابَةً

عَلى اللَوم لا تنفكُّ تغلي مراجلُه

In the splendid robe from Abraq Al-Hima’s meadows

A fawn guarding it from the mischief of time's nails

وَبالحلَّة الفَيحاءِ من أَبرقِ الحِمى

رَداحٌ حماها من قنا الخَطِّ ذابلُه

It grazes as the Rudaini grazed the feast

And it stirs in wonder as did the feast's maker

تَميسُ كما ماسَ الرُدَينيُّ مائداً

وَتهتزُّ عُجباً مثلما اِهتزَّ عاملُه

With supple shanks and bent back it circles

Not the gentle branch nor its tilt

مهفهفةٌ الكَشحَين طاويةُ الحَشا

فَما مائدُ الغصن الرَطيبِ ومائِلُه

I clung to it in my youth and prime

And nothing of my days' sorrows clung to me

تعلَّقتُها عصرَ الشَبيبة والصِبا

وَما عَلِقَت بي من زَماني حبائلُه

I feared for it the woe of absence and estrangement

Yet hasty separation dealt me its swift blow

حذرتُ عليها آجلَ البُعد والنَوى

فَعاجَلني من فادح البَين عاجلُه

To God, O innermost soul torn apart in passion

For you which I persistently endure

إِلى اللَهِ يا ظمياءُ نَفساً تَقَطَّعَت

عليكِ غَراماً لا أَزال أُزاولُه

And I pleaded against the mischief of distance

Repeating this plea while its evils repeated

وخطبَ بعادٍ كلَّما قُلتُ هذه

أَواخرهُ كرَّت عليَّ أَوائِلُه

If fortune keeps afflicting me with parting and wrong

And the balm of reunion is fraught with woe

لئن جارَ دَهري بالتفرُّق واِعتَدى

وَغال التَداني من دُهى البين غائلُه

I still hope to attain what I've aspired for

As the aspirations of the hopeful Yahya attained

فإنّي لأَرجو نيلَ ما قد أَملتُه

كَما نال مِن يحيى الرَغائبَ آملُه

He is generous, his gifts and bestowals

Fulfilling what his protection assured seekers

كَريمٌ وفي إِحسانه ونوالِه

بما ضمِنَت للسائِلين مخائلُه

Of the noble souls whose glory fortified

Glory’s thrust, reinforcing its shoulders

من النَفر الغرِّ الَّذين بمجدهم

تأَيَّد أَزرُ المجد واِشتدَّ كاهلُه

Indeed he cloaked the soul of loftiness in his munificence

And covered excellence itself in his mantles

لَقَد ألبِسَت نَفسُ المَعالي برودَه

وزُرَّت على شَخص الكَمال غلائلُه

Magnanimous, he sees bestowing gifts an obligation

So his supererogations ever spread

جَوادٌ يَرى بذلَ النوال فَريضةً

عليه فما زالَت تعمُّ نوافلُه

He has immense ambition transcending summits

Before which the highest aspirations fall short

له همَّةٌ نافت على الأَوج رفعةً

تقاصرَ عنها حين همَّت تُطاولُه

Greatest man of resolve who gained glory through resolve

Noblest lord who exceeded the ultimate attainment

أَجلُّ همامٍ أَدرك المجدَ همَّةً

وأَكرمُ مولىً جاوز الحدَّ نائلُه

My hopeful soul is certain it lives on

Through Yahya when his widespread bounties submerged all

وقد أَيقنت نَفسُ المكارم أَنَّها

لَتَحيا بِيَحيى حين عمَّت فواضلُه

A brother of mine whose brotherly affections

Remained, sustained through his righteous connection

أَخٌ ليَ ما زالَت أَواخي إِخائه

موطَّدةً منه ببرٍّ يواصلُه

Congratulations on glory O son of Ahmed which

Kept your outstanding traits and merits circulated

ليَهنكَ مجدٌ يا ابنَ أَحمدَ لم تَزَل

فواضلُه مشهورةً وفضائلُه

God willed to grant you the sublime soveriegnty

And elevate you with the glory which you shouldered

أَبى اللَهُ إلّا أَن يُنيفَ بكَ العُلى

وَيُعلي بك المجدَ الَّذي أَنتَ كافلُه

And you kept seeking by your noble deeds

A status beyond the reach of aspirants

وَما زِلتَ تَسعى بالمكارم طالباً

مَقاماً تناهى دونَه من يُحاولُه

You have sufficiently been given a rank

To which every finger points out

فحسبُك قد جُزتَ الأَنامَ برتبةٍ

تُشيرُ لَها مِن كُلِّ كفٍّ أَناملُه

I will give thanks for the flowers you gifted me

Which the dew of beauty breezes through

سأَشكُرُ ما أَهدَيتَ لي من أَزاهرٍ

يَجولُ عليها من نَدى الحُسن جائلُه

And I will praise the necklaces you strung

Adorned with them my idle praise found purpose

وأثني على ما صُغتَه من قلائِدٍ

تَحَلّى بها من جيدِ مدحيَ عاطلُه

So farewell, safe from every ill, congratulated

For what you attained in life and aspire to gain

فدم سالِماً من كُلِّ سوءٍ مهنّأً

بما نلتَه دَهراً وما أَنتَ نائلُه

This being but some of my thanks, though what thanks suffices?

For what you gifted me beyond what I can express

ودونكها من بَعض شُكري وما عَسى

يَفي بالَّذي أَوليتَ ما أَنا قائلُه